President Donald Trump is brushing aside renewed speculation about his health after acknowledging that he didn\u2019t know exactly what doctors reviewed during a recent MRI at Walter Reed \u2014 but insisted the results were stellar.<\/p>\n
The brief medical visit, which took place last month, has drawn outsized attention after Trump casually mentioned during an interview that he had undergone magnetic resonance imaging. The White House maintains the scan was simply part of a routine checkup. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the appointment as the president\u2019s \u201cannual physical,\u201d although critics immediately pointed out that Trump already had a full exam earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Reporters pressed Trump for details Friday while traveling aboard Air Force One. One journalist asked the president directly why an MRI was necessary if the appointment was truly just a standard physical.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of the exam,\u201d Trump responded without hesitation. \u201cMRIs are very common. What \u2014 you\u2019re surprised I had one? A lot of people get them.\u201d When the reporter attempted to explain the scan typically isn\u2019t included in a routine checkup, the president cut in again.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy doctor told me it was the best result he\u2019s ever seen in his entire career,\u201d Trump said, repeating the comment for emphasis. \u201cSo that\u2019s all there is to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president described the outcome of the scan as \u201coutstanding,\u201d though the reporter wasn\u2019t satisfied and pushed for more specifics.<\/p>\n
\u201cWas it for your brain? Your heart? Something else?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
Trump shrugged off the question. \u201cI have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they looked at, they said it was excellent. Absolutely excellent,\u201d he said. \u201cThey told me it was as strong a result as they\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president then shifted the conversation toward something he was eager to discuss: the cognitive test he recently completed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you know, I also took a very advanced mental-acuity test,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cAnd I believe every president should have to take one. Not just once \u2014 regularly. And as you probably heard, I didn\u2019t just pass it. I aced it. Perfect score. They said it was the highest score you can get.\u201d<\/p>\n
The White House has insisted repeatedly that there was nothing unusual or urgent about Trump\u2019s time at Walter Reed, saying the appointment was scheduled and not the result of any medical incident. Officials maintain the MRI was recommended by his physicians as part of an expanded wellness evaluation.<\/p>\n
While the administration has fielded questions about why the president required two physicals in the same year, they have declined to release additional details about the imaging itself \u2014 including which part of the body was scanned. A senior official familiar with the president\u2019s medical care said only that Trump\u2019s doctors requested \u201ccomprehensive imaging\u201d ahead of a busy upcoming travel schedule.<\/p>\n
For now, Trump seems content to highlight the results rather than the process. \u201cAll I can tell you,\u201d he said, \u201cis the doctors were amazed. They said they\u2019ve never seen anything better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump is brushing aside renewed speculation about his health after acknowledging that he didn\u2019t know exactly what doctors reviewed during a recent MRI at Walter Reed \u2014 but insisted the results were stellar. The brief medical visit, which took place last month, has drawn outsized attention after Trump casually mentioned during an interview […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8735,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions\/8735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}